On this day: April 24

The Library of Congress is established, spaceflight claims its first human casualty, the Unabomber kills his last victim, and South Korea clones a puppy, all on this day.

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Library of Congress

2004: Estée Lauder, the entrepreneur and co-founder of Estée Lauder Companies, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at the age of 97 in New York City. Lauder, who was born Josephine Esther Mentzer, founded the cosmetics company with her husband, Joseph Lauder, in 1935. She's seen here, at left, with a customer in 1966.

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